Folding music-rack.



V. SIMKINS. FOLDING MUSIC RACK. APPLICATION TILED AUG. 31, 1909.

966,250. Patented Aug.2, 1910.

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V. SIMKINS. FOLDING MUSIC RACK. I APPLICATION FILED AUG.31 1909.

966,250. Patented Aug.2,1910.

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FOLDING MUSIC RACK.

APPLICATION TILED AUG. 31, 1909.

Patented Aug.2, 1910.

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FOLDING MUSIC-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 31, 1909.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910. Serial No. 515,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I', VERNE- Snuxms, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Agana', Island of Guam, Mariana Islands, have invented acertain new and useful FoldingMusic-Rack, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The principal objects which the present invention has in view are toprovide a structure which may be folded within a small compass to form aneat and compact parcel; and to provide means for locking the variousmembers in their folded and extended positions.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in: all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a music stand constructed in accordancewith the present invention, theillustration of the variouspartsthereof'being separated and con tracted. longitudinally; Fig. 2' is an'enlarged detail View of the lower end of the outer and: cylindricalmember of the rack standard Fig: 3 is-aplan view of the rack, showing.the shelf members folded and telescoped within the standard; Fig. 1 is atop view' of'the outer cylinder and the leg carrying section, Fig. 5 isa cross section of the outer! member and leg carrying section, taken onthe line 5 5 in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the-outer memberof the standard; Fig: 7- is a side elevation of the leg bearing.section; Fig; 8 is a side: elevation' of the middle extension member ofthe standardg Fig; 9' is a side elevation of the topextensionmember ofthe standard; Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the shelf holding devicemounted within the shelf-carrying section;--"and Fig. 1 1 isa crosssection of the telescopic members constituting the present invention,the shelf-carrying section being removed.

The members 11,12 and '13, are telescopically arranged eachiwithin.theother, in theorder'named- The member 11 is cylindrical in form, andmay be covered at the outside with leather or decorated in any desiredmanner; that most preferred by myself is to cover the cylinder: withleather in sem;

bl'anceof a music roll; At the upper end,- the member 11 is providedwith guides 14:;

being rabbeted fillets"- similar to those shown in Fig. l of thedrawings. Themember 12 is square in form, the corners whereof areadapted to run in the rabbets of the guides 14:. This member 12 isguided beyond the guides 14 by resting within a leg-bearing section 15which, when collapsed, is inserted within the member 11 from the bottomupward, to rest against the guides 14. The member 12 is provided at thetwo opposite corners with the recesses 16. When the member 12 isextended outward from the member 11, the recesses 16' rest within thepath of screws 17 which are fixedly set in rings 18 mounted at the upperand lower ends of the member 11. The screws 17 slide within slots 19with which the member 11 is provided at the upper and lower ends.- Themember 12 is provided near the top with a square hole 20. The member 13is adapted to telescope within the member 12 and when extended, the hole20 receives a clip 21 protruded from the side of the mem ber 13' and inline with the hole 20. The member 13 is provided with protruding corners22 caused by receding the body portion of the member out of contact withthe side of the member 12 confining the frictional contact; tothecorners 22 (see Fig. 11 of the drawings).

In: their extended positions, the members 11 and 12' are locked byscrews 17, being engaged with the recesses 16 of the member 12, and themember 13 is held in extended positioir from the end of the member 12 bythe engagement of the clip 2l with the hole 20; These three membersconstitute the mast of the music stand. The-mast is supported by legs 23which are hingedly mounted at 24 on the leg-bearing section 15. Thesection 1 5* is square in cross section, and rests, when in the extendedposition, within the guides 14 provided at the lower end of the member11. The legs 23 are flat members, which when folded together constitutea continuation of the square tube-like construction of the section 15.Set fixedly upon the legs 23' are brackets 25, which in the collapsedposition of the legs-23,"extend outward from the side of the section 15as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings. In the lower edge of the member 11are mounted blocks 26 in the path of the brackets 25.

'Both the'bracket's and the blocks are provided withinclin'ed faces,adapted to throw thebracketsagainst the side of the section '1=5-andthereby'extend the'legs outspread as seen in Fig. 1.

The section 15 is provided with recesses 16 similar to those mounted inthe member 12 to receive the screws 17, mounted in a ring 18 at thelower end of the member 11 when the said ring is rotated to lock thesection 15 in position. In the locked position of the section 15, thebrackets 25 are maintained by the blocks 26' in such position as to holdthe legs 23 outspread.

The shelf for the music consists of a back 27 mounted upon a bracket 28,to which shelves 29 are hingedly connected at 30. Supporting rods 31 arepivotally mounted at 32 upon the lower end of the back 27. Thesupporting rods 31 are connected at their outer end by links 33 providedto maintain the said supporting rods in related positions, said linksbeing pivoted each to a supporting rod, and at 34 to each other.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, the music shelf is shown as having one halfextended, the other half being folded in the position it assumes whenthe structure is to be telescoped. The shelf 29 and the back 27 are eachprovided wit-h spring blades 35 pivotally mounted at 36 and adapted torest over and hold the sheets of the music when the same are held on theshelves 29.

The brackets 28 are shaped as shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings, and arejoined to a back 37 and to a top 38. It is to the top 38 that theshelves 29, 29, are hinged, and to the back 37 that the back 27 issecured. The brackets 28 are rigidly mounted upon a shaft 39 and arerecessed to form a lower extension 40 adapted to engage a pin 41 whenthe bracket 28 is drawn to the position shown in Fig. 10 of thedrawings. When the members constituting the music rest are drawn to anupright position, the extension 40 is disengaged from the pin 41.

The shaft 39 and the pin 41 are rigidly mounted in the sides of ashelf-carrying section 42, adapted to rest within the member 13 and totelescope within the same. The length of the combined back 27 andshelves 29 with the section 42, is slightly less than the length of themember 13 and the member 11. When the music rest is withdrawn to beoutspread, as shown in Fig. 1, the clip 43 set out from the side of thesection 42 falls within and engages a square hole 44 provided in theside of the member 13.

It is to aid in both the telescoping and the extension of theleg-bearing section 15 that I have provided springs 45, which aresecured to the said section 15 by eyelets 46, and are secured to theinside of the member 11 and about midway thereof. The eyelets 46 areplaced in line with the brackets 25 which, it will be remarked, are outof line with the guides 14. There is, therefore, considerable spacebetween the squared sides of the section 15 and the cylindrical sides ofthe member 11 and it is within this space that the springs 45 operate.At either extreme of the positions assumed by the section 15, thesprings 45 are extended. When the retaining devices holding the sectionsin these positions, are released, the springs 45 exert a pull upon thesaid sections to advance them to the desired positions.

With a rack constructed as above described, the operation is as follows:For carrying, the various members are telescoped, and the entirestructure presents the appearance much as that shown in Fig. 6 of thedrawings. When it is desired to arrange the members to form the musicstand, the feet 47 of the legs 23 are clasped, and the legs 23 hearingthe section 15 are drawn out of the member 11. When the brackets 25 comein contact with the blocks 26, the legs 23 are spread as shown in Fig. 1of the drawings. The ring 18 is then revolved to cause the screws 17 toset within the recesses 16 in the lower end of the leg-bearing section15.

The members 29 and 27 together with the shelf-bearing section 42, aredrawn from within the member 13 until the clip 43 engages the hole 44,arresting the section 42 in fixed position, relatively to the section13. Continuing the pull, the section 13 is drawn from within the section12, and this continues until the clip 21 engages the square hole 20,when the relative position of the members 13 and 12 becomes fixed.Gontinuing the pull, the member 12 is drawn from engagement with themember 11 until the recesses 16 are brought within the path of thescrews 17 in the ring 18 at the top of the member 11. The ring 18 at thetop of of the member 11 is then rotated to insert the screws 17 withinthe recesses 16 of the member 12. The shelf members 29 are now drawn tothe horizontal position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the links 33opening, and moving the supporting rods 31 to their position. The back27 is inclined from the front of the stand, until the extension 40 ofthe bracket 28 engages the pin 41; the device is now in position to beused as a music stand.

It will be understood that should the full height of the stand not bedesired, it is not essential to the operation that the member 12 shouldbe extended from the member 11. Then the member 13, alone is extended,the stand is conveniently high for a seated person, while when themember 12 is extended, the height of the stand accommodates a standingperson. The lower end of the member 13 is partially severed on the sidebearing the clip 21, and any convenient form of spring member is soplaced in the structure as to exert an outward pressure on the wall, tocause the same to contact firmly with the inner surface of the wall ofthe member 12. I i I I When the leg-bearing section 15 is extendedwithin the member 11 to the full extent, the feet 47 of the legs 23 restagainst the lower end of the member 11, and the recess 48 in the legs isbrought in line with the screws 17, Which engage the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A folding music rack, comprising a plurality of tubes telescopicallyarranged, fastening devices for securing the tubes each to the other inextended position, a leg-bearing section rectilinear in form and havingleg extensions hingedly attached thereto, adapted when folded toconstitute the rectilinear form of said section, lifting devices adaptedto automatically draw the said leg-bearing section within said tubes,and locking devices for maintaining said legs in spread relation.

2. A folding music rack, comprising a plurality of tubes telescopicallyarranged, fastening devices for securing said tubes each to the other inextended position, a shelf-bearing section adapted to telescope withinsaid tubes and having a tilting member pivotally secured therein, shelfmembers hingedly attached to said tilting mem ber, a back rest embodyinga plurality of supports connected each to the other and to said shelfmembers, and means for setting the said tilting member in position toincline the said shelf members and supports.

3. A folding music rack comprising a plurality of tubes telescopicallyarranged, fastening devices for securing the tubes each to the other inextended position, a leg-bearing section having leg extensions hingedlyattached thereto, lifting devices adapted to draw the said leg bearingsection within said tubes, and locking devices for maintaining said legsin spread relation.

4. A folding music rack comprising a plurality of tubes telescopicallyarranged the outer of said tubes being cylindrical in form, aleg-bearing section having leg extensions hingedly attached to the sidesthereof said leg extensions having feet adapted to fill the saidcylindrical outer tube, and locking devices for maintaining the said legbearing section in folded position within the said cylindrical tube.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

VERNE SIMKINS.

WVitnesses:

ELMER L. GAY, A. J. PALLANSCH.

